I have a Solar guitar with an Evertune bridge. I can affirm that you can set the guitar in Zone 2 (holding tune) and still have vibrato and bend. You just need to set up the strings to be on the edge of Zone 2, almost Zone 3, then when you vibrate the string or bend it will deactivate the bridge (float )but when you release the vibrato and the pitch of the note comes back to 0 (in tune) the evertune will float again (holding tune). You can set the amount of vibrato and bend you want as well, you can for example set it to hold half bends but release after a full bend, or release after a half bend and have no vibrato, or release after a half bend and have a vibrato. You can personalize by string, by riff, solo, playing, style, to have the best setup for recording or playing live for you.
Ok but if you set it right on the cusp, to where subtle vibrato is doable, does the evertune basically become useless. As in the thresh hold is so small now that you can easy fall out of pitch so to aggressive right hand picking/left hand tension. Like at that point of sensitivity isn’t it basically just back to being a regular bridge?
@@carryingfire286 No, its not like the evertune is totally shutdown at all. The springs are still pulling the string back to tune. When doing a vibrato I can feel and hear that the bridge is not allowing 100% of the vibrato to come, I can regulate how much tho. The same goes for bend, I can regulate it to release the bend only after a specific amount. If I release it totally then the vibrato react like a normal guitar. If I do the vibrato with evertune holding 50% of it then only 50% of the vibrato I'm doing with my finger will be heard, the other 50% is ignored and the note tune kept. So small fluctuations from holding the string too tight while doing a power chord or a phrease that would make the note sound, lets say, 10% out of tune because of finger position is totally fixed by evertune while at the same time allowing vibrato and bend. The main reason for the bridge is to fix small mistakes in tuning so the chords sound perfect, solos, for recording for example. It allows you to hold the string a bit wrong and still sound like you are holding it perfectly aligned. If you hit the string too hard as well it wont go out of tune in the beginning of the sound like in a normal guitar that woul need some miliseconds to stabilize the tuning. On my guitar I keep the bridge totally holding tune for the lower strings, that I wont be using bend or much of vibrato and I will be hitting very hard the strings with power chords. For the higher strings I let it a little loose so I will keep the guitar and notes in tune but allow for some expression with vibratos and bends. Works perfectly for me. If I am going to record some riffs that dont have bend or vibrato then I put the bridge on holding 100% of the tune so I can have a perfect record, if I need to record some solos or passages that have vibratos I relax the tension of the bridge a little. It's very easy to regulate the evertune, its not too hard like a floyd rose.
This video alone got me to subscribe and I don't even own a guitar with an Evertune bridge yet. I just really appreciate anyone who takes the time to make videos like this explaining how to use newer guitar technology and does it well. Kudos to you, dude. Keep rocking and stay metal. 🤘
I'm not sure what you said about slacking the string a notch lower to make it easier to bend makes any sense. Even if you'd bring it right at the bottom of Zone 2, the Evertune spring would keep the same tension as the spring of the string compensate for the slack. I think this might be in your head or there's something I really don't get about the Evertune bridge.
im pretty late so youve probably found out by now but the way evertune works is once the guitar tuned and in zone 2 the tuners serve to change the tension of the string, if you keep everything in zone 2 but you were to twist a tuner as if you were sharpening a string normally, you would increase the tension, and the opposite goes for if you were to try and detune. Im not really sure how it works but i know thats just how it is
Hi, my question not about bending but I really wonder can we tune our guitar While every tuning string gauge tension gauge calculator not reccomment with my string gauges if we don’t care tuning stability for few songs? Or evertune bridge not allowing us to tune if calculator not recomment? If we can will cause any damage or problems?
Hi and thank you for the video. What I am missing in all videos is this - once your are in the Zone 3 where you can actually bend, does it mean the Evertune bridge acts like a regular bridge and no longer maintains tension and it may/will go out of tune eventually? Or it stays true to itself and keeps tension in all zones except for the fact that it also allows bends? If that's so and it does allow bending in Zone 3 - how does it know when I bend versus when the tension changed and it needs to compensate? Is there a threshold within which it allows bends and the rest is considered a change of tension? And if yes, how does it know that currently it's a valid bend and not a loss of tension. I fully understand Zone 1 and 2. But 3rd one - mystery so far. Also, if I want to bend all string, I have to do the same process for each string, not just lowest, right?
@@fxexpert4541 No. It will still be functioning the same way. You're just now able to bend past the zone cut off point. As an example, if you're recording, you don't have to worry about your guitar going out of tune, it's still perfectly in tune - but you can still bend.
Almost every guitars bends notes and I am seriously thinking of getting an Solar artist series but am unsure of evertune and it's benefits if I set it up like that. If I set it like that so I can bend does doing that negate the whole reason behind even having a Evertune bridge and turn it into a pseudo fixed-bridge? I guess maybe I just need to find one in a shop and try it first.
Doesn't backing it off from the threshold just mean u have a bit of dead bend before it starts bending the note? The bending of the note will still commence at the same tension and you finger will have just traveled a few redundant millimetres down/up the width of the fretboard?
Hey man, great video, I am a little bit worried the evertune thing... specially about Tone. Do you feel that your evertuned guitar has less tone or "body" than a regular one? cheers
It should stay in tune if you are on/slightly below the cusp of Zone 2/3 "If the saddle needed to move quite a bit to reach the end of Zone 2, the string’s tuning might change slightly. You should only need to adjust the spring tension screw slightly (if at all) to get the string back in tune." www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/evertune-tuning-and-setup-guide/#Set-up-your-EverTune-to-bend So if you have the string tuned in an area of Zone 2 that you have to bend excessively to enter Zone 3, then it could affect tuning. On/slightly below the cusp of Zone 2/3 is where you want it to retain tuning and be able to bend/adjust bend sensitivity
Hey Abel I just got my Evertune guitar and i find it hard to play the way I like. The tension is killin my fingers and I always have played in 10-65, so you think I should just move to 9s or do what you did and just have to work alil hard on the bends? I play a lot of bendy stuff (pantera fanboy) so I am pretty discouraged right now with my Evertune
@@AbelHernandezguitar thanks man I got it figured out I think, I had to lower the string gauge cause of the extended scale length plus the standard saddles, I would have had to drop tune to comfortably play a 65. But yeah The only techs in my small town (if there is one) are all boomers xD
When I set it on the verge of zone 3 I have to bend way far just to get a little change but when I move it (carefully & gradually) to where bending becomes normal I am past the point of engaging the evertune and the pitch of the note is raised slightly. Is this normal? It’s really affecting my bending accuracy.
Great one mate!!Just ordered a Kiesel with Evertune and Fishman pickups. Does the bends and vibrato feel natural like other guitars? Do you give extra power/strength in order to make them happen? Thanks a lot
Need some help please! So you can't bend the strings with Evertune but when you start to tune lower with the tuners on the headstock you're giving free space for the string and within that free space you're able to bend. Can the string lose it's tuning within that free space that you've just given?
My evertune saddles are audibly creaking with bending or moderate vibrato. I’ve tried to find a spot where this isn’t happening in a bendable height in zone 2. Seems to be set up perfectly with action and intonation. Meh. Brand new EC-1000ET help!
Idk what's wrong with my evertune..I have a solar, I use heavier gauges for higher tunings too..10-52 for drop D.. And my low E string makes the saddle vibrate so badly when I set it up for vibrato..and the sound come through the pickup..it's hedious..idk what to do
I feel four years old, my Evertune has been with me going on a week and 2nd set of strings now while trying to figure this bridge out. Still seem to be having trouble bending properly. I can bend but it takes alot to get a mild vibrato or bend. I only hope not to break strings searching for this mysterious zone 3. Zone 2 works well, I never realized how much I bend while playing untill I was not able to. Hmmmm🤔
Seems to really affect my bending accuracy aswell. When I set it to where bending feels normal I’m in zone 3 with pitch slightly raised there’s seems to be too much of a buffer zone between 2 & 3
Thank you for this tutorial. I've Washburn Solar 17 ETC with Evertune Bridge but in my guitar something is wrong with sustain. The notes dies so quickly. Do you have any advice? :)
You and your explanation is great. However, the many steps and "zones" exemplify that having a guitar with a regular bridge/tuning system is more practical and direct. It shouldn't take this many steps to simply string, intonate and string a guitar. It's like they rushed an idea without perfecting it...or at least provided strong clarity on setting it up. I've talked to several guitar techs who claim it's either their biggest frustration or their easiest financial steal due to guitarists not understanding the system. I love the idea but not the execution...my next guitar will not have evertune.
I’ve watched this and probably 3 others similar videos and to me the bends just don’t sound great or organic. Maybe it’s just me. I’d definitely like to hear for myself
I frigging hate the sound of guitar strings when the action is so low that it rubs against the next fret just after being picked. It's like nails on the chalkboard
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Simple, and exactly what I needed. Thanks!
I have a Solar guitar with an Evertune bridge. I can affirm that you can set the guitar in Zone 2 (holding tune) and still have vibrato and bend. You just need to set up the strings to be on the edge of Zone 2, almost Zone 3, then when you vibrate the string or bend it will deactivate the bridge (float )but when you release the vibrato and the pitch of the note comes back to 0 (in tune) the evertune will float again (holding tune). You can set the amount of vibrato and bend you want as well, you can for example set it to hold half bends but release after a full bend, or release after a half bend and have no vibrato, or release after a half bend and have a vibrato. You can personalize by string, by riff, solo, playing, style, to have the best setup for recording or playing live for you.
Dude it’s so difficult to explain this to people lol
@@AbelHernandezguitar yeah it is, I dont even know if I explained it correctly lol. The easiest answer is "Yes".
Ok but if you set it right on the cusp, to where subtle vibrato is doable, does the evertune basically become useless. As in the thresh hold is so small now that you can easy fall out of pitch so to aggressive right hand picking/left hand tension.
Like at that point of sensitivity isn’t it basically just back to being a regular bridge?
@@carryingfire286 No, its not like the evertune is totally shutdown at all. The springs are still pulling the string back to tune. When doing a vibrato I can feel and hear that the bridge is not allowing 100% of the vibrato to come, I can regulate how much tho. The same goes for bend, I can regulate it to release the bend only after a specific amount. If I release it totally then the vibrato react like a normal guitar. If I do the vibrato with evertune holding 50% of it then only 50% of the vibrato I'm doing with my finger will be heard, the other 50% is ignored and the note tune kept. So small fluctuations from holding the string too tight while doing a power chord or a phrease that would make the note sound, lets say, 10% out of tune because of finger position is totally fixed by evertune while at the same time allowing vibrato and bend.
The main reason for the bridge is to fix small mistakes in tuning so the chords sound perfect, solos, for recording for example. It allows you to hold the string a bit wrong and still sound like you are holding it perfectly aligned. If you hit the string too hard as well it wont go out of tune in the beginning of the sound like in a normal guitar that woul need some miliseconds to stabilize the tuning.
On my guitar I keep the bridge totally holding tune for the lower strings, that I wont be using bend or much of vibrato and I will be hitting very hard the strings with power chords. For the higher strings I let it a little loose so I will keep the guitar and notes in tune but allow for some expression with vibratos and bends. Works perfectly for me. If I am going to record some riffs that dont have bend or vibrato then I put the bridge on holding 100% of the tune so I can have a perfect record, if I need to record some solos or passages that have vibratos I relax the tension of the bridge a little. It's very easy to regulate the evertune, its not too hard like a floyd rose.
So doing this the guitar will still stay in tune but I can bend as well?
Your channel is really high quality and this video is awesome
Thank you!
This helps my decision for the ESP Ltd. M-1007 evertune. Thanks a ton!
This video alone got me to subscribe and I don't even own a guitar with an Evertune bridge yet. I just really appreciate anyone who takes the time to make videos like this explaining how to use newer guitar technology and does it well. Kudos to you, dude. Keep rocking and stay metal. 🤘
Finally I understand how evertune works, great video.
Very well explained. I understand. 😅 Thankyou 💥
This is a great video mate!! But it totally put me off buying an evertune... What a headache! But again great effort in explaining this stuff!
video starts at 1:08
Was thinking of buying an evertune or Floyd rose but saw the issue of not being able to bend but this video just pushed me over to evertune
Crazy man awesome discovery
Yeah, this is what i needed. Thank you
No problem, I’m glad it helped you. 🤘
I'm not sure what you said about slacking the string a notch lower to make it easier to bend makes any sense. Even if you'd bring it right at the bottom of Zone 2, the Evertune spring would keep the same tension as the spring of the string compensate for the slack. I think this might be in your head or there's something I really don't get about the Evertune bridge.
im pretty late so youve probably found out by now but the way evertune works is once the guitar tuned and in zone 2 the tuners serve to change the tension of the string, if you keep everything in zone 2 but you were to twist a tuner as if you were sharpening a string normally, you would increase the tension, and the opposite goes for if you were to try and detune. Im not really sure how it works but i know thats just how it is
Hi, my question not about bending but I really wonder can we tune our guitar While every tuning string gauge tension gauge calculator not reccomment with my string gauges if we don’t care tuning stability for few songs? Or evertune bridge not allowing us to tune if calculator not recomment? If we can will cause any damage or problems?
Hi and thank you for the video. What I am missing in all videos is this - once your are in the Zone 3 where you can actually bend, does it mean the Evertune bridge acts like a regular bridge and no longer maintains tension and it may/will go out of tune eventually? Or it stays true to itself and keeps tension in all zones except for the fact that it also allows bends? If that's so and it does allow bending in Zone 3 - how does it know when I bend versus when the tension changed and it needs to compensate? Is there a threshold within which it allows bends and the rest is considered a change of tension? And if yes, how does it know that currently it's a valid bend and not a loss of tension. I fully understand Zone 1 and 2. But 3rd one - mystery so far. Also, if I want to bend all string, I have to do the same process for each string, not just lowest, right?
I see this question popping up in almost all Evertune videos... And it's the most important question about Evertune. But- nobody answers.
Thank you for this video.
Great info man! Got a Solar with the Evertune in route. This keeps me from having to read or calling Ola (HAHAHA!) and just get to jammin. Cheers bro!
Glad I could help, enjoy the Solar!
If this doesn't happen do I need to use the tuning key and tune it properly from the bridge?
Huge help, subbed!
Thanks!
Basically you need to unuse the evertune to be able to bend?
No?
@@Jindra1992 yes?
@@fxexpert4541 No. It will still be functioning the same way. You're just now able to bend past the zone cut off point. As an example, if you're recording, you don't have to worry about your guitar going out of tune, it's still perfectly in tune - but you can still bend.
@@metalor696 thats amazing..i wish to get 1 but still researching.
Almost every guitars bends notes and I am seriously thinking of getting an Solar artist series but am unsure of evertune and it's benefits if I set it up like that. If I set it like that so I can bend does doing that negate the whole reason behind even having a Evertune bridge and turn it into a pseudo fixed-bridge? I guess maybe I just need to find one in a shop and try it first.
That was awesome
Doesn't backing it off from the threshold just mean u have a bit of dead bend before it starts bending the note? The bending of the note will still commence at the same tension and you finger will have just traveled a few redundant millimetres down/up the width of the fretboard?
Hey man, great video, I am a little bit worried the evertune thing... specially about Tone. Do you feel that your evertuned guitar has less tone or "body" than a regular one? cheers
I truly can’t tell the difference in tone, it sounds great.
Thanks helped out Bigtime
Very interesting. Thank you so much 🤘
Damn dude you saved me thanks :)
No problem man, glad the video helped!
what is your rig makeup there (guitar, tuning, amp, monitors, etc.)????? sounds awesome
Thanks for this!
Haha watching this right now while I'm restringing my 6 stringer
So if you got it near the limit you can bend the string will you need to keep tuning your guitar or will it still keep tune??🤘
It should stay in tune if you are on/slightly below the cusp of Zone 2/3
"If the saddle needed to move quite a bit to reach the end of Zone 2, the string’s tuning might change slightly. You should only need to adjust the spring tension screw slightly (if at all) to get the string back in tune." www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/evertune-tuning-and-setup-guide/#Set-up-your-EverTune-to-bend
So if you have the string tuned in an area of Zone 2 that you have to bend excessively to enter Zone 3, then it could affect tuning. On/slightly below the cusp of Zone 2/3 is where you want it to retain tuning and be able to bend/adjust bend sensitivity
Great instruction.
Hey Abel I just got my Evertune guitar and i find it hard to play the way I like. The tension is killin my fingers and I always have played in 10-65, so you think I should just move to 9s or do what you did and just have to work alil hard on the bends? I play a lot of bendy stuff (pantera fanboy) so I am pretty discouraged right now with my Evertune
It shouldn’t be harder than a normal guitar set up, I recommend taking it to a guitar technician and having him set the guitar up for you.
@@AbelHernandezguitar thanks man I got it figured out I think, I had to lower the string gauge cause of the extended scale length plus the standard saddles, I would have had to drop tune to comfortably play a 65. But yeah The only techs in my small town (if there is one) are all boomers xD
Hey man.
Let me ask you a question.
When I enable vibrato I lost the tuning function?
When I set it on the verge of zone 3 I have to bend way far just to get a little change but when I move it (carefully & gradually) to where bending becomes normal I am past the point of engaging the evertune and the pitch of the note is raised slightly. Is this normal? It’s really affecting my bending accuracy.
Great one mate!!Just ordered a Kiesel with Evertune and Fishman pickups. Does the bends and vibrato feel natural like other guitars? Do you give extra power/strength in order to make them happen? Thanks a lot
Need some help please!
So you can't bend the strings with Evertune but when you start to tune lower with the tuners on the headstock you're giving free space for the string and within that free space you're able to bend. Can the string lose it's tuning within that free space that you've just given?
Does the bending on Evertune differentiate from the usual bridge?
No, once it’s set up properly the bending is the same as any other bridge.
@@AbelHernandezguitar OK. And does it stay in tune better concerning that proper setup?
Thanks dude
My evertune saddles are audibly creaking with bending or moderate vibrato. I’ve tried to find a spot where this isn’t happening in a bendable height in zone 2. Seems to be set up perfectly with action and intonation. Meh. Brand new EC-1000ET help!
Sucks man! The saddles move when you vibrato so maybe they just aren’t oiled or lubed properly? I suggest contacting Evertune.
Idk what's wrong with my evertune..I have a solar, I use heavier gauges for higher tunings too..10-52 for drop D..
And my low E string makes the saddle vibrate so badly when I set it up for vibrato..and the sound come through the pickup..it's hedious..idk what to do
I have a high e ‘stuck’ saddle all the time. I replaced the e like 9 times. So frustrating!!!
I feel four years old, my Evertune has been with me going on a week and 2nd set of strings now while trying to figure this bridge out. Still seem to be having trouble bending properly. I can bend but it takes alot to get a mild vibrato or bend. I only hope not to break strings searching for this mysterious zone 3. Zone 2 works well, I never realized how much I bend while playing untill I was not able to. Hmmmm🤔
Seems to really affect my bending accuracy aswell. When I set it to where bending feels normal I’m in zone 3 with pitch slightly raised there’s seems to be too much of a buffer zone between 2 & 3
Which amp are you playing through?
Thank you for this tutorial. I've Washburn Solar 17 ETC with Evertune Bridge but in my guitar something is wrong with sustain. The notes dies so quickly. Do you have any advice? :)
Maybe your action is too low.
Does it stay in tune still after this?
yes
You and your explanation is great. However, the many steps and "zones" exemplify that having a guitar with a regular bridge/tuning system is more practical and direct. It shouldn't take this many steps to simply string, intonate and string a guitar. It's like they rushed an idea without perfecting it...or at least provided strong clarity on setting it up. I've talked to several guitar techs who claim it's either their biggest frustration or their easiest financial steal due to guitarists not understanding the system. I love the idea but not the execution...my next guitar will not have evertune.
I’ve watched this and probably 3 others similar videos and to me the bends just don’t sound great or organic. Maybe it’s just me. I’d definitely like to hear for myself
I frigging hate the sound of guitar strings when the action is so low that it rubs against the next fret just after being picked. It's like nails on the chalkboard
Makes zero sense to me. What’s the point?
Not really sure why you would want a bridge that keeps guitar in perfect pitch but you can’t bend
Seems like you just need to get a high end FR
If it’s set up correctly you can bend just fine while it stays in tune, changing tunings and string gauges is the hassle.
Johny sins
Just buy a hard tail, I mean is cheaper
Seems more simple to just no have one lol
Seems like a lot of work to avoid learning to play in tune